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The District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT), in cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), announces the availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Anacostia Streetcar Extension Environmental Assessment (EA) and Section 106 Evaluation. The FONSI identifies the Preferred Alternative for extending a streetcar line in the Anacostia community of Washington DC.

The FONSI was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and documents the selection of a Preferred Alternative from the analysis of three broad transportation alternatives for extending the streetcar’s initial Anacostia Line into historical Anacostia. The streetcar extension would run from the Anacostia Metro Station to the foot of the 11th Street Bridge at Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE, and Good Hope Road. The selection of the Preferred Alternative (formerly Alternative 9) was the result of technical information and public comments gathered throughout the study.

The notification of the FONSI marks the final stage of the planning process for the Anacostia Extension, which began in 2011. A series of public meetings examined the purpose and need of the project, potential streetcar alignments, environmental and engineering findings, and historic and cultural impacts.